Benedict Arnold
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Mr. Brumwell is the author of “Turncoat: Benedict Arnold and the Crisis of American Liberty.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
It turns out Benedict Arnold was a certified badass for America.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025
The term predatory incursion is also used literally in writings of that period to refer to slightly smaller attacks like the 1781 Raid on Richmond led by American defector Benedict Arnold.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2025
Benedict Arnold was 38 when he turned traitor against his nascent American country in the Revolutionary War.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2024
Under the command of Benedict Arnold, the notorious turncoat American general who now fought with the British, the men carried silver handcuffs meant for the author of the Declaration of Independence.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
